Mike Sola, the protester who confronted Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) at a town hall in Michigan last week over health care for his handicapped son, appeared on Fox this morning with some interesting claims.
First, Sola told Fox that "thugs" from Democratic leadership came to his house "in the middle of the night." Then he claimed health care reform would "sentence our families to death."
"If you call my son un-American, your thugs already know where we live. They came to us in the middle of the night," Sola said, speaking directly to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Sola said this "visit" happened the night his tirade against Dingell aired on television. He then threatened to kill "the person" if he sees him on his property.
"All I'm gonna say to the person ... I will use every means available to me, lethal force if necessary," he said. "If I ever catch you on my property I will take the risk of going to prison, but you will never again threaten my family."
He said he reported the incident to the Michigan State Police, who did not immediately return a call for comment.
Later in the interview, he elaborated on why he's against President Obama's health care reform plan.
"What you are doing is sentencing our families to death. We lose the right to life. The old people are discarded. Those who cannot fend for themselves are discarded," he said. "We are American citizens who want one thing: to be heard before you put us down."
I look at this guy Mike Sola and I shake my head. Nothing Dingell said was going to be good enough for him. He just wanted to yell. And, IMO, because all he wanted to do was yell, and IMO, because all he wanted to do was get on TV FOR yelling, I can't take seriously any claims he has about democratic 'thugs' because to me, it's just another attention ploy. If it was a credible threat - it's for the MSP to decide. But the fact that he makes a public video about it is to me another sign that what he really wants is attention.
i wouldn't be surprised if mr. sola's house was vandalized or something - this is a poisonous enviornment. however, i seriously doubt the culprits were acting on behalf of any government official.
aside from that, he doesn't seem to have a clue what's in the house health care bill.
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Spector says "I don’t get any extra pay — I don’t have any requirement to be here."
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He makes $174,000 a year for a job that requires him to be at the office four days a week when Congress is in session, which is only about 2/3rds of the year. He has a gold-plated medical and dental package that Specter certainly won’t surrender for the ObamaCare system he’s pushing. Thanks to his 30 years in the Senate, he’s eligible for a pension that will pay 80% of that salary and keep his benefits package in place until he dies.
How many of his constituents have that kind of job? How many do you think will be impressed that Specter deigned to receive his subjects without getting a bonus payment to do it? What a great example of Beltway arrogance — and what a great opportunity for Pat Toomey.
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